---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety - Food System Resiliency Council - Definitions and Reports"
description: "Public Safety - Food System Resiliency Council - Definitions and Reports"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 9"
citation: "Maryland HB 9 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Behler", "Boyce", "Charkoudian", "Foley", "Lehman", "Ruth", "Terrasa"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-10-25"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4dfe27cb-b1ea-4295-973d-fb8c9e19ff55"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0009?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9495a9207e72a5a376eb8e42c7c6a060a4bc982c2d3bbe32c9f9451614657802"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---

# Maryland HB 9 (2025) — Public Safety - Food System Resiliency Council - Definitions and Reports

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Public Safety - Food System Resiliency Council - Definitions and Reports** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_496_hb0009e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Safety - Food System Resiliency Council - Definitions and Reports** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0009e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Safety - Food System Resiliency Council - Definitions and Reports** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0009f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Safety - Food System Resiliency Council - Definitions and Reports** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0009t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **127–9** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **135–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Behler — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Charkoudian — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-10-25** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-08** Hearing 1/29 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2025-01-13** Hearing canceled
- **2025-01-13** Hearing 1/29 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2025-02-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-02-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-14** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-04-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-03** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2025-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 496 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4dfe27cb-b1ea-4295-973d-fb8c9e19ff55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).